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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2007
Jarrod David Moss, Washington, IL (US);
Adam Ostein, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Curtis Graham, Peoria, IL (US);
Patrick W. Savage, Jr., Chillicothe, IL (US);
Trent A. Simpson, Peoria, IL (US);
Benjamin C. Thomas, Peoria, IL (US);
Jarrod David Moss, Washington, IL (US);
Adam Ostein, Chillicothe, IL (US);
Curtis Graham, Peoria, IL (US);
Patrick W. Savage, Jr., Chillicothe, IL (US);
Trent A. Simpson, Peoria, IL (US);
Benjamin C. Thomas, Peoria, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of refurbishing a camshaft () having at least one defective portion () includes removing material from the at least one defective portion () to create a neck region (). An alignment feature () is introduced in the neck region () according to a previous orientation of the defective portion (). A segmented blank () is installed around the neck region () and oriented with the alignment feature ().